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| location | University of California Irvine, CA | |
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| visits | member for | 7 months |
| seen | Mar 25 at 6:51 | |
| stats | profile views | 3 |
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Mar 21 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Mar 20 |
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What to do with old tires? And how do you find people who need them? |
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Mar 18 |
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What to do with old tires? +1 for people who live in places with a season of bad weather, but for me personally, I don't have a trainer (why wouldn't I just ride outside) and changing tires frequently is a PITA. |
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Mar 18 |
asked | What to do with old tires? |
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Mar 18 |
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How can I check tire pressure without a pressure gauge? I really recently upgraded to puncture resistant tires, and I don't think that I could guess the pressure like I could in my old, thin tires. |
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Mar 14 |
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Mar 14 |
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How can I check tire pressure without a pressure gauge? I have a pump with a built in gauge, and I check my tire pressure often. I also press from the top of the tire towards the rim and have learned from practice what about 100 psi feels like for my particular wheel and tire. But this is useless if you don't have a gauge to practice with. |
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Jan 14 |
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What are some ways to keep biking when you have a car? I just started biking to work. The 60 dollars a month worth of savings on parking for participating in the sustainable transportation program is a big motivation. |
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Dec 13 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Dec 13 |
accepted | Are today's bikes “better” than a few decades ago? |
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Dec 8 |
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Are today's bikes “better” than a few decades ago? Asphalt only, well maintained roads and bike paths; to and from work only; the area is somewhat hilly, but nearly always nice weather (southern California). Theft risk in my area (i.e. around a college campus) is probably fairly high. |
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Dec 8 |
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Are today's bikes “better” than a few decades ago? @WTHarper Price is the primary reason I'm considering an older bike. Why do you consider a steal frame more sensible? |
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Dec 8 |
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Are today's bikes “better” than a few decades ago? +1 These are all great things to think about, especially the replacement parts. |
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Dec 8 |
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Are today's bikes “better” than a few decades ago? @gerrit What type of bike do you suggest? Maybe "road bike" has a narrower definition than I intend. |
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Dec 8 |
awarded | Student |
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Dec 8 |
asked | Are today's bikes “better” than a few decades ago? |
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Dec 6 |
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Is pollution a problem in urban cycling? @SuperElectric They cite another study which states the respitory average of cyclists is 2.3 times higher than car drivers. For some of the harmful chemicals, the intake of the car drivers is higher even taking that into account (e.g.) Benzene, but for other pollutants, the higher respitory rate of the cyclists makes up for the lower pollutants. For example, (in their study), inside the car, there are only 1.7 times more dust / particulates than on the bike, and so the cyclist would be breathing more dust, on average, if the respitory rate is as claimed. But that also varies widely per day. |
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Dec 6 |
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Is pollution a problem in urban cycling? @NeilFein With a little searching alternate, publicly available links to the pdf can be found. elcom.pub.ro/~dniculescu/altele/bicla/… |
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Oct 8 |
asked | Reference Request: Best practices for urban commuting |
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Oct 8 |
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What advanced cycling skills are useful for a commuter or city rider? I had a hard time picturing what countersteering should look like. This helped. youtube.com/watch?v=C848R9xWrjc |
